Edric, Spymaster of Trest

Legendary Creature — Elf Rogue

Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may draw a card.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

DemonDragonJ on Waste Not

3 months ago

I have replaced Edric, Spymaster of Trest with Golgari Guildmage, which reduced the average converted mana cost of this deck from 3.63 to 3.61, because, as great as Edric was, the guildmage is a better match for the theme of this deck.

hyalopterouslemur on Rules Committee Gives Up Managing …

5 months ago

I miss the way they did precons. In the original precons, all the psychographs were represented. (Johnny would have a field day with all but the Mardu deck.) Here's how they stacked up:

Kaalia of the Vast Timmy and Spike

Tariel, Reckoner of Souls Timmy

Basandra, Battle Seraph Spike

Riku of Two Reflections Timmy and Johnny

Animar, Soul of Elements Timmy and Spike

Edric, Spymaster of Trest Spike

Ghave, Guru of Spores All three (Johnny likes the "combos with anything" nature of Ghave; Spike likes the sac outlet and the fact that you can use any +1/+1 counter for Ghave's abilities; Timmy likes an army of mushroom people.)

Karador, Ghost Chieftain Spike

Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter Spike

Zedruu the Greathearted *f-etch* Johnny

Ruhan of the Fomori Spike

Nin, the Pain Artist Johnny and Spike

The Mimeoplasm Johnny and Spike

Damia, Sage of Stone Spike

Skullbriar, the Walking Grave Timmy and Spike

Not that it was all Timmy and Johnny; the first precons did include a reprint of Skullclamp after all.

Look at the last precons? All eight of the new legends were designed for Spike. Where's the room for creativity on the part of players?

I admit that some of the changes to EDH have been fine. (I joke that nobody used instants before 2014. Which is somewhat true, people were more concerned with card advantage with their answers than they were with actual, you know, answers.) But I would like some legends to be designed for Johnny or Timmy.

DemonDragonJ on How Can I Put Baylen …

8 months ago

I also am contemplating replacing Edric, Spymaster of Trest with Glarb, since Edric does not match the theme of my Mimeoplasm deck, but he is very useful at encouraging my opponents to attack each other, rather than me, so I am hesitant to remove him from that deck.

FauxFaux on Card creation challenge

1 year ago

Leovold, Transient of Trest {X}{B}{G}{U}

Legendary Creature - Elf Citizen

~ enters the battlefield with X Bribery Counters on it.

Remove a Bribery Counter from ~: The next time an opponent would draw more than one card, instead they reveal the top card of their library, then draw a card. Activate this ability only once each turn.

Whenever ~ has no Bribery counters on it, tap it and target opponent gains control of it.

2/3

"Once, everyone was on his payroll. Now, here he lies, cashing in his remaining favors just to survive."

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Not nearly as strong as his normal counter part, yet still taxing on opponents. Neat!

Make another card with a Title like Leovold, Emissary of Trest and Edric, Spymaster of Trest!

CruelSilenc3r on Chulane Budget

2 years ago

Hello, I also have a chulane deck that is more on the competitive side. May I ask what your budget is looking like? There are many additions you could make for fairly cheap that would greatly improve the deck. Lotus Cobra pairs nicely with Tireless Provisioner for 2 mana per land Panharmonicon can substitute for Cloudstone Curio to allow Shrieking Drake and Village Bell-Ringer to combo off with mana producing creatures. I understand wanting cards like Edric, Spymaster of Trest and Rashmi, Eternities Crafter and while they are not necessarily bad. They lend themselves to a different gameplan than what Chulane is really good at. I would sub these out in favor of more cheap mana dorks maybe even adding in the elf ball staples like Wirewood Symbiote, Quirion Ranger and Priest of Titania for large mana producing creature to untap.

Heres my list if you are looking for less budget friendly upgrades it would be a good place to start. My list is by no means perfect so keep that in mind. https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/chulane-etb-combo/

mlequesne on Derevi Merfolk Tribal

2 years ago

Also Edric, Spymaster of Trest

Uzzbro on i love +1/+1 counters

2 years ago

I would remove Divination and replace it with Rhystic Study

Just a proxy would work for you

also a Beastmaster Ascension

Carpet of Flowers

Craterhoof Behemoth

Cryptolith Rite

Mana Drain

Narset's Reversal

Worldly Tutor

Counterspell

Cyclonic Rift

Beast Within

Finale of Devastation

Natural Order

Three Visits

Dryad of the Ilysian Grove

Edric, Spymaster of Trest

ZendikariWol on What to do with Sisay

2 years ago

My Sisay deck runs a politics subtheme, with legends like Arvad the Cursed and Urza's Ruinous Blast (notably not tutorable) to close out the game with. A surprising amount of legends do political things- Edric, Spymaster of Trest, Gahiji, Honored One, Selvala, Explorer Returned, etc.

It's all about finding a theme with a lot of legends and rolling with it in my opinion. That said, I am also a very casual player, favoring fun synergies over actually winning the game. Interpret my opinions with that understanding.